Sarcoidosis is a disease characterized as noncaseation granulomas. Granulomas are clusters of cells that form a discrete nodule. This research was important because Black American women develop saroidosis at a higher rate than any other race. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to examine the impact of sarcoidosis in the lives of Black American women diagnosed with the disease and to consider how occupational experiences may have contributed to participants' development of sarcoidosis. Research states that domestic work such as cleaning, when performed on a daily basis or as an occupation, can contribute to adverse health effects. The framework of this study utilized the transtheoretical model of behavior change while the overall research questions centered on the effects of sarcoidosis on the quality of life of Black American women. This qualitative research included interviews with thirteen Black American women diagnosed and living with sarcoidosis at various stages. Data were collected using the software tool HyperRESEARCH. Both purposive sampling and snowball sampling technique was used for this research. Data were gathered using a general profile of the lived experiences of women with sarcoidosis. The findings revealed that the common lived experience that has potentially put Black American women at risk for developing sarcoidosis is bleach. My recommendations for further research would be to expand the locations of participants to across the United States. The implications for positive social change may result from broader knowledge of the disease through education, even for those who are not at risk for developing it. Chronic sarcoidosis can be fatal if untreated.

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The use of amalgam separators in dental clinics In dentistry, amalgam has been used for a long time. Due to the fact that amalgam contains mercury, it has been found to be toxic and bioaccumulative in the environment. The use of amalgam has been prohibited as a dental filling material, but many individuals still have amalgam fillings in their teeth today. The purpose of this report was to examine the usage and maintenance of amalgam separators in various dental clinics. The report also aimed to address whether there are any differences among municipalities within the same region, as well as among private and regional dental clinics. The report also focuses on improvement measures regarding usage and maintenance. The method employed was a web-based survey that was sent to all dental clinics within the Västernorrland region. Due to the low and uneven response rates among the municipalities within the region, no concrete differences could be drawn from the use and maintenance of amalgam separators between the different types of dental clinics. The majority of the responding dental clinics had no knowledge about the frequency of inspections conducted on their operations. However, among those who had some form of regular inspections, the majority were regional clinics. Approximately 80% also utilized some type of recycling company to handle the waste generated from the amalgam separator. Due to the potential future implications of amalgam in the environment, mandatory oversight should be implemented in dental care facilities.

Bakgrund: Sällskapsdjur har ett flertal positiva hälsoeffekter på människor och det har lett till att viidag använder djur inom vården, främst hundar. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att undersöka hundens användande inom vården, attbeskriva och förklara dess effekt på människor. Metod: Metoden var en litteraturstudie och elva vetenskapliga artiklar granskades. Dessaanalyserades och sammanställdes utifrån gemensamma teman. Resultat: Vårdhundar inom vården kan i de flesta fall reducera ångest och acceptansen av vårdhundär mycket god både bland patienter, anhöriga och personal. Minskning av blodtryck ochhjärtfrekvens råder det delade meningar om, då vissa studier visar en minskning av dessa och andragör det inte. Vårdhundar kan användes till att vara motivationshöjande för patienten. Slutsats: Vårdhundar har många positiva effekter på människor, men fler studier behövs för att seom dessa resultat inte bara gäller för de grupper som har undersökts i studien utan även äröverförbara till andra grupper. / Background: Pets have a number of positive health effects in humans and this has led to ourcurrent use of animals in health care, particularly dogs. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the dog's use in health care, to describe and explainits effect on humans. Method: The method was a littareture review and eleven scientific studies was examined. Thesewere analyzed and summarized by common themes. Results: Therapydogs can in most cases reduce anxiety and acceptance of therapydogs is very goodamong patients, relatives and staff. There is a disagreement about bloodpressure and heart rate,since some studie show a decrease of these factors and others do not. Thearpydogs can be used as amotivation for patients. Conclusion: Thearpydogs have a number of positive effects on people in health care, but morestudies are needed to see if these results apply not only to those groups that has participated in thestudy but are also transferable to other groups.

Epidemiology analysis of the effect of air pollution on health at regional scale MUDr. Eva Rychlíková ABSTRACT Work involves a health impact assessment of the air pollution of aerosol particles at the some important steps. It describes evidence on air pollution exposure in vulnerable groups of population and searches for the effects. An exposure is a component of causal chains of diseases coming from external origin. And just because it is the main condition. If there is no exposure, there is no health risk. For a possibility to prevent disease we need to know an exposure. We investigated exposure with an activity questionaire in the three groups of population whose would be to the environmental factors, mainly air pollution, vulnerable. The personal exposure was monitored in a group of children. In preparing the questionnaire, we respect the recommendation of US EPA and WHO. Sensitivity is determined by the properties of the organism, specific period of its evolution, lifestyle and behaviour, the circumstances under which exposure to pollution occurs. We evaluated the effects on health which included short-time mortality, long-time mortality and respiratory morbidity in children.The air pollution and its development were evaluated in the Ustecky Region, Region of Prague and Moravskoslezsky region. The...

Syftet med examensarbetet var att översiktligt undersöka vilka hälsofarliga luftföroreningarsom medarbetarna vid hamnmagasinen eventuellt exponeras föroch huruvida något hygieniskt gränsvärde riskerade att överskridas samt att seom de skyddsåtgärder som vidtagits kan förbättras. Resultatet från studien visaratt det finns vissa exponeringsrisker för de som arbetar vid hamnen både frångods, dieselavgaser samt rester av gasbehandlingsmedel i containrar.Arbetsmomenten där truckföraren befinner sig inne i trucken bedöms somrelativt skyddat både från partiklar och gaser, men det finns andra arbetsuppgifterdär arbetaren inte är lika skyddad. Mätningarna av kvävedioxid visadeatt exponeringen av dieselavgaser för den medarbetare som öppnadecontainrarna inte översteg några hygieniska gränsvärden, under de dagar sommätningarna genomfördes, men var något högre än för truckföraren som satt ihytten. Huruvida exponeringen av damm från gods riskerar att utvecklas tillhälsoproblem är omöjligt att avgöra utan en grundlig riskbedömning, därdammätningar kan ge en fingervisning om hur riskfylld situationen är för desom eventuellt exponeras.Organisationen bör implementera säkrare rutiner och genomföra åtgärder sommotiverar medarbetarna att använda befintlig skyddsutrustning. Det gäller intebara för exponering av dieselavgaser och damm från lossning och lastning avgods utan även vid öppnandet av containrar där rester av gasbehandlingsmedelkan finnas kvar i containern och där några ämnen misstänkts varacancerframkallande.Slutsatser: Genomföra en grundlig riskbedömning och kartlägga möjliga hälsoriskerkring luftföroreningar. Upprätta skriftliga arbetsbeskrivningar där eventuella risker föreligger. Installera ventilation i magasinen som styrs av halten kvävedioxid för attsäkerställa att höga halter av dieselavgaser inte uppstår. Behov av motivationshöjande insatser kring säkerhetskultur ochanvändningen av skyddsutrustning. Implementera fungerande rutiner som följer lagstiftningen förhanteringen av damm och gaser som gäller för cancerframkallandeämnen. / The purpose of this thesis was to examine the risk of hazardous air pollutantsthat employees at the harbor may be exposed to and assess whether anyexposure limits might be exceeded, and to review if the security measures taken,can be improved. The results of the study show that there is some risk ofexposure for those working in the harbor from both the cargo, diesel exhaustand residues from fumigants in the containers. The operations when the truckdriver is inside the forklift is considered relatively protected from both particlesand gases, but there are other tasks where the worker is not as protected.Measurements of nitrogen dioxide showed that exposure to diesel exhaust forthe employee who opened the containers during the days that the measurementswere performed did not exceed some critical values, but was slightly higherthan for the driver who was sitting in the forklift. Whether the exposure to dust,from the cargo, constitutes a risk for health effects is impossible to determinewithout a thorough risk assessment, where measurements of dust can give anindication of how risky the situation is for the exposed workers.The organization should implement safer practices and implementing measuresthat motivates employees to use existing protective equipment. This applies notonly for exposure to diesel exhaust and dust from loading and unloading ofgoods, but also at the opening the doors on the containers in which residues offumigants, in which some are suspected to be carcinogenic, can remain in thecontainer.Conclusions: Conduct a thorough risk assessment and identify potential health riskswith air pollution. Establish written work instructions where potential hazards exist. Install ventilation in the warehouses, which is controlled by the levels ofnitrogen dioxide, to ensure that high levels of diesel exhaust does notoccur. Need to increase motivation for safety and the use of protectiveequipment. Implement procedures to comply with the legislation for the managementof dust and gases that applies to carcinogens substances.

<p>Cilj&nbsp; istraživanja&nbsp; u&nbsp; okviru&nbsp; ove&nbsp; doktorske&nbsp; disertacije&nbsp; je&nbsp; utvrđivanje&nbsp; efekata&nbsp; različitih<br />oksidacionih procesa na bazi ozona, vodonik-peroksida i UV zračenja na sadržaj i reaktivnost prirodnih&nbsp; organskih&nbsp; materija&nbsp; (POM)&nbsp; u&nbsp; različitim&nbsp; vodenim&nbsp; matriksima.&nbsp; Ispitivanja&nbsp; su sprovedena&nbsp; na&nbsp; a)&nbsp; podzemnoj&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; sa&nbsp; teritorije&nbsp; Kikinde&nbsp; i&nbsp; Temerina&nbsp; (prirodni&nbsp; matriks)&nbsp; i&nbsp; b) sintetičkom&nbsp; vodenom&nbsp; matriksu&nbsp; (rastvoru&nbsp; komercijalno&nbsp; dostupne&nbsp; huminske&nbsp; kiseline),&nbsp; koji&nbsp; se među sobom razlikuju po sastavu i strukturi prisutne POM i sadržaju bromida. Za oksidacioni proces&nbsp; (ozonizacija,&nbsp; UV&nbsp; fotoliza,&nbsp; oksidacija&nbsp; sa&nbsp; H₂O₂,&nbsp; kombinovani&nbsp; O ₃/UV&nbsp; proces&nbsp; i kombinovani&nbsp; H ₂O₂<br />/UV&nbsp; proces)&nbsp; pojedinačno&nbsp; ispitan&nbsp; je&nbsp; uticaj&nbsp; različitih&nbsp; doza&nbsp; oksidanata&nbsp; i reakcionih&nbsp; uslova.Posebna&nbsp; pažnja&nbsp; posvećena&nbsp; je&nbsp; ispitivanju&nbsp; uticaja&nbsp; navedenih&nbsp; tretmana&nbsp; na<br />formiranje&nbsp; neorganskog&nbsp; bromata,&nbsp; kao&nbsp; i&nbsp; uticaja&nbsp; na&nbsp; sadržaj&nbsp; prekursora&nbsp;&nbsp; dezinfekcionih nusproizvoda nakon hlorisanja (THM, HAA, HAN, HK i CP).<br />Analiza&nbsp; hemijskih&nbsp; parametara&nbsp; sintetičkog&nbsp; matriksa&nbsp; (5,44&plusmn;0,30&nbsp; mg&nbsp; C/l; 0,255&plusmn;0,015 cm^-1 ;&nbsp; 4,68&plusmn;0,41&nbsp; lm^-1 mg ^-1)&nbsp; pokazuje&nbsp; da&nbsp; u&nbsp; njemu&nbsp; preovladavaju&nbsp; huminnske materije&nbsp; visoke&nbsp; hidrofobnosti.&nbsp; Visok&nbsp; sadržaj&nbsp; POM&nbsp; pretežno&nbsp; hidrofobnog&nbsp; karaktera&nbsp; je zabeležen i u vodi iz Kikinde (5,170,72 mg C/l; 0,2010,001 cm <span id="cke_bm_192S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span id="cke_bm_190S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>^-1<span id="cke_bm_192E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span id="cke_bm_190E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span> ; 3,88&plusmn;0,70 lm<span id="cke_bm_193S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>^-1<span id="cke_bm_193E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span> mg^-1 ), dok je&nbsp; sadrža<span id="cke_bm_194E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>j&nbsp; POM&nbsp; u&nbsp; sirovoj&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; iz&nbsp; Temerina&nbsp; (2,060,38&nbsp; mg&nbsp; C/l;&nbsp; 0,0500,001&nbsp; cm<span id="cke_bm_203S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span id="cke_bm_201S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>^-1<span id="cke_bm_203E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span id="cke_bm_201E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp; ; 2,43&plusmn;0,21 lm <span id="cke_bm_204S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>^-1<span id="cke_bm_204E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span> mg ^-1<span id="cke_bm_205E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span id="cke_bm_202E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span id="cke_bm_191E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><br />) značajno niži i preovladavaju POM hidrofilnog karaktera. Veći stepen hidrofobnosti sintetičkog matriksa u poređenju sa&nbsp; prirodnim matriksima, rezultovao&nbsp; je&nbsp; i&nbsp; većom&nbsp; reaktivnosti&nbsp; organske&nbsp; materije&nbsp; sa&nbsp; hlorom,&nbsp; &scaron;to&nbsp; se&nbsp; može&nbsp; zaključiti&nbsp; na<br />osnovu visokih vrednosti PFDBP nakon hlorisanja. Vrednost PFTHM u sintetičkom matriksu iznosi&nbsp; 544&plusmn;85,9&nbsp; &micro;g/l,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; je&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; u&nbsp; kikindskoj&nbsp; i&nbsp; temerinskoj&nbsp; sirovoj&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; znatno&nbsp; niži (279&plusmn;32,3&nbsp; i&nbsp; 180&plusmn;44,0&nbsp; &micro;g/l,&nbsp; respektivno).&nbsp; Vrednost&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; u&nbsp; sintetičkom&nbsp; matriksu&nbsp; iznosi 484&plusmn;77,5 &micro;g/l, dok je PFHAA u kikindskoj 244&plusmn;11,1 &micro;g/l i u temerinskoj vodi 165&plusmn;32,5 &micro;g/l. Sadržaj&nbsp; HK&nbsp; (8,05&plusmn;3,63&nbsp; &micro;g/l&nbsp; sintetički&nbsp; matriks;&nbsp; 14,91,38&nbsp; &micro;g/l&nbsp; Kikinda;&nbsp; 7,400,25&nbsp; &micro;g/l Temerin)&nbsp; je&nbsp; znatno&nbsp; niži&nbsp; u&nbsp; poređenju&nbsp; sa&nbsp; prekursorima&nbsp; THM&nbsp; i&nbsp; HAA,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; prekursori&nbsp; HAN&nbsp; i hlorpikrina&nbsp; nisu&nbsp; detektovani&nbsp; u&nbsp; sirovoj&nbsp; vodi.&nbsp; Nusproizvodi&nbsp; koji&nbsp; se&nbsp; dominantno&nbsp; formiraju&nbsp; u svim&nbsp; ispitivanim&nbsp; vodenim&nbsp; matriksima&nbsp; su&nbsp; hlorovani&nbsp; THM&nbsp; i&nbsp; HAA,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; se&nbsp; bromovani&nbsp; DBPformiraju u znatno nižim koncentracijama. Zastupljenost bromovanih DBP u temerinskoj vodi<br />je&nbsp; znatno&nbsp; veći&nbsp; u&nbsp; poređenju&nbsp; sa&nbsp; vodom&nbsp; iz&nbsp; Kikinde,&nbsp; kao&nbsp; rezultat&nbsp; prisustva&nbsp; veće&nbsp; koncentracije bromida u sirovoj vodi (0,05&plusmn;0,01 mg Br -/l Temerin; 0,03&plusmn;0,01 mg Br<br />-/l Kikinda). Ispitivanjem&nbsp; uticaja&nbsp; oksidacionih&nbsp; procesa&nbsp; (UV&nbsp; fotolize,&nbsp; ozonizacije,&nbsp; oksidacije vodonik-peroksidom)&nbsp; na&nbsp; sadržaj&nbsp; i&nbsp; reaktivnost&nbsp; POM&nbsp; u&nbsp; ispitivanim&nbsp; vodenim&nbsp; matriksima utvrđeno&nbsp; je&nbsp; da&nbsp; tretman&nbsp; vode&nbsp; UV&nbsp; zračenjem&nbsp; i&nbsp; vodonik-peroksidom,&nbsp; kada&nbsp; se&nbsp; primenjuju&nbsp; kao samostalan&nbsp; tretman,&nbsp; ne&nbsp; pokazuju&nbsp; značajnu&nbsp; efikasnost&nbsp; u&nbsp; smanjenju&nbsp; sadržaja&nbsp; POM.Tretman vode&nbsp; ozonom&nbsp; se&nbsp; pokazao&nbsp; kao&nbsp; veoma&nbsp; efikasan&nbsp; u&nbsp; uklanjanju&nbsp; POM&nbsp; i&nbsp; u&nbsp; smanjenju&nbsp; sadržaja prekursora&nbsp; DBP&nbsp; kod&nbsp; svih&nbsp; ispitivanih&nbsp; vodenih&nbsp; matriksa,&nbsp; kao&nbsp; rezultat&nbsp; smanjenja&nbsp; reaktivnosti POM&nbsp; ka&nbsp; formiranju&nbsp; ovih&nbsp; DBP.&nbsp; Smanjenje&nbsp; sadržaja&nbsp; POM&nbsp; u&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; tokom&nbsp; tretmana&nbsp; raste&nbsp; sa povećanjem&nbsp; primenjene&nbsp; doze&nbsp; ozona,&nbsp; pri&nbsp; čemu&nbsp; se&nbsp; najbolji&nbsp; rezultati&nbsp; postižu&nbsp; pri&nbsp; najvećoj primenjenoj&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; od&nbsp; 3,0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; O 3/mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; (do&nbsp; 32%&nbsp; DOC,&nbsp; 92%&nbsp; UV254 sintetički&nbsp; matriks;&nbsp; do 17%&nbsp; DOC,&nbsp; 76%&nbsp; UV 254&nbsp; Kikinda;&nbsp; do&nbsp; 15%&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; i&nbsp; 66%&nbsp; UV254&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Temerin).&nbsp; U&nbsp; sintetičkom matriksu&nbsp; najveće&nbsp; smanjenje&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; (za&nbsp; 76%)&nbsp; i&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; (za&nbsp; 80%)&nbsp; u&nbsp; odnosu&nbsp; na&nbsp; sadržaj&nbsp; u sirovoj vodi se postiže pri dozi od 1,0&nbsp; mg O₃/mg DOC. Najveće smanjenje PFTHM (za 38%)<br />i PFHAA (za 42%) u vodi iz Kikinde postiže se pri dozi od 3,0 mg O ₃/mg DOC. U vodi iz Temerina najveće smanjenje PFTHM (za&nbsp; 27%) je pri dozi od 3,0 mg O ₃ /mg DOC, dok se za smnjenje&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; (za&nbsp; 54%)&nbsp; najbolje&nbsp; pokazala&nbsp; doza&nbsp; od&nbsp; 1,0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; O<br />3 /mg&nbsp; DOC.&nbsp; Sadržaj prekursora&nbsp; HK&nbsp; i&nbsp; HAN&nbsp; (temerinska&nbsp; voda)&nbsp; je&nbsp; veoma&nbsp; nizak&nbsp; nakon&nbsp; tretmana.&nbsp; Tretman&nbsp; vode ozonom&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; ka&nbsp; formiranju&nbsp; DBP&nbsp; sa&nbsp; vi&scaron;e&nbsp;&nbsp; supstituisanih&nbsp; atoma&nbsp; broma,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; u&nbsp; vodama&nbsp; sa srednjim sadržajem bromida (50 &micro;g Br -/l) dovodi do formiranja bromata. Kombinacijom&nbsp; ozonizacije&nbsp; sa&nbsp; UV&nbsp; zračenjem&nbsp; se&nbsp; značajno&nbsp; može&nbsp; pospe&scaron;iti&nbsp; efiksnost uklanjanja&nbsp; POM&nbsp; postignuta&nbsp; primenom&nbsp; samostalne&nbsp; ozonizacije.&nbsp; Najveće&nbsp; smanjenje&nbsp; sadržaja POM u&nbsp; sintetičkom matriksu (za 85% DOC, 98% UV254 i 87% SUVA), u vodi iz Kikinde (za<br />23% DOC, 83% UV 254, 77% SUVA), i vodi iz Temerina (za 15% DOC, 80% UV<br />254 i 75% SUVA), u odnosu na vrednosti u netretiranoj vodi postignuto je pri najvećoj primenjenoj dozi od&nbsp; 3,0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; O₃ /mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; i&nbsp; 6000&nbsp; mJ/cm 2 .&nbsp; Efikasnost&nbsp; procesa&nbsp; raste&nbsp; u&nbsp; vodama&nbsp; u&nbsp; kojima preovladavaju&nbsp; POM&nbsp; veće&nbsp; hidrofobnosti.&nbsp; MeĎutim,&nbsp; iako&nbsp; se&nbsp; O₃ /UV&nbsp; procesom&nbsp; postiže&nbsp; visok stepen&nbsp; smanjenja&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; u&nbsp; sintetičkom&nbsp; matriksu&nbsp; se&nbsp; najbolje&nbsp; pokazao&nbsp; tretman&nbsp; ozonom (1,0 mg&nbsp; O3/mg&nbsp; DOC),&nbsp; dok&nbsp; se&nbsp; najveće&nbsp; smanjenje&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; (82%)&nbsp; postiže&nbsp; pri&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; ozona&nbsp; od 1,0 mg O_3/mg DOC i UV zračenja od 6000 mJ/cm ^{2 .} U vodi iz Kikinde se PFTHM smanjuje za 50% pri dozi od 3,0 mg O ₃/mg DOC i 6000 mJ/cm 2 , dok se u slučaju uklanjanja prekursora<br />HAA&nbsp; ozonizacija&nbsp; pokazala&nbsp; kao&nbsp; superiorniji&nbsp; proces.&nbsp; U&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; iz&nbsp; Temerina&nbsp; se&nbsp; u&nbsp; pogledu uklanjanja&nbsp; prekursora&nbsp; THM&nbsp; i&nbsp; HAA&nbsp; ozonizacija&nbsp; pokazala&nbsp; kao&nbsp; optimalan&nbsp; proces.&nbsp; Visok alkalitet&nbsp; prirodnih&nbsp; voda&nbsp; inhibira&nbsp; radikalski&nbsp; mehanizam&nbsp; u&nbsp; toku&nbsp; AOP&nbsp; i&nbsp; favorizuje&nbsp; oksidaciju POM molekulskim ozonom.&nbsp; Prekursori HK se formiraju u&nbsp; veoma niskim koncentracijama i njihov sadržaj ne varira značajno tokom tretmana. U prirodnim matriksima tokom AOP pri dozi&nbsp; ozona&nbsp; od&nbsp; 3,0 mg&nbsp; O₃ /mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; dolazi&nbsp; do&nbsp; formiranja&nbsp; HAN,&nbsp; međutim,&nbsp; nije&nbsp; uočen&nbsp; jasan trend&nbsp; sa&nbsp; povećanjem&nbsp; doze&nbsp; UV&nbsp; zračenja.&nbsp; Tretman&nbsp; doprinosi&nbsp; formiranju&nbsp; bromovanih&nbsp; vrsta THM,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; se&nbsp; tokom&nbsp; AOP&nbsp; pri&nbsp; najvećoj&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; ozona&nbsp; od&nbsp; 3,0 mg&nbsp; O₃ /mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; formiraju bromovani HAN.<br />Najveće&nbsp; smanjenje&nbsp; sadržaja&nbsp; POM&nbsp; primenom&nbsp; kombinacije&nbsp; oksidacije&nbsp; sa&nbsp; H ₂O₂<br />i&nbsp; UV zračenja u sintetičkom matriksu (za do 17% DOC, 70% UV 254 ), u vodi iz Kikinde (za do 22% DOC, 53% UV₂₅₄), i vodi iz Temerina (za do 7% DOC, 68% UV<br />₂₅₄), u odnosu na vrednosti u sirovoj vodi, se postižu pri dozi H ₂O₂ i UV zračenja od 3,0 mg H₂O₂/mg DOC i 6000 mJ/cm ² .<br />Najveće&nbsp; smanjenje&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; od&nbsp; 54%&nbsp; u&nbsp; sintetičkom&nbsp; matriksu&nbsp; se&nbsp; postiže&nbsp; pri&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; od 0 mg H₂O₂/mg DOC i 6000 mJ/cm ² ,&nbsp; dok se smanjenje PFHAA (za 35%)&nbsp; postiže primenom doze vodonik-peroksida i UV zračenja od 1,0 mg H ₂O₂ /mg&nbsp; DOC i 3000 mJ/cm ² . U vodi izKikinde&nbsp; H₂O₂ /UV&nbsp; proces&nbsp; ne&nbsp; utiče&nbsp; značajno&nbsp; na&nbsp; sadržaj&nbsp; prekursora&nbsp; THM,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; se&nbsp; najveće smanjenje&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; (za&nbsp; 35%)&nbsp; postiže&nbsp; pri&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; od&nbsp; 3,0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; H_{<span id="cke_bm_235S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>2<span id="cke_bm_235E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>}O₂/mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; i&nbsp; 600&nbsp; mJ/cm ² .H<span id="cke_bm_184S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>₂<span id="cke_bm_184E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>O₂<span id="cke_bm_185E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>/UV&nbsp; proces&nbsp; dovodi&nbsp; do&nbsp; smanjenja&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; u&nbsp; Temerinskoj&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; za&nbsp; 74%&nbsp; pri&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; od 3,0 mg H₂O₂/mg DOC i 600 mJ/c<span id="cke_bm_236E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>m ² ,&nbsp; dok primenjeni tretman ne pokazuje značajan uticaj na<br />PFHAA.&nbsp; Prekursori HK su detektovani u sintetičkom matriksu i temerinskoj vodi u niskim koncentracijama.&nbsp; U&nbsp; temerinskoj&nbsp; vodi&nbsp; nakon&nbsp; AOP&nbsp; pri&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; vodonik-peroksida&nbsp; od 3,0 mg H₂O₂ /mg DOC dolazi&nbsp; do formiranja HAN i hlorpikrina. Primenjeni tretman vodi ka formiranju bromovanih DBP. Svi rezultati dobijeni u toku istraživanja ukazuju na neophodnost optimizacije procesa u&nbsp; tretmanu&nbsp; ispitivanih&nbsp; vodenih&nbsp; matriksa&nbsp; i&nbsp; određivanja&nbsp; optimalnog&nbsp; procesa uzimajući&nbsp; u&nbsp; obzir<br />karakteristika&nbsp; sirove&nbsp; vode&nbsp; i&nbsp; efikasnost&nbsp; koja&nbsp; se&nbsp; želi&nbsp; postići.Kombinacijom&nbsp; dva&nbsp; i&nbsp; vi&scaron;e konvencionalnih&nbsp; tretmana&nbsp; i&nbsp; optimizacijom&nbsp; reakcionih&nbsp; uslova&nbsp; može&nbsp; se&nbsp; postići&nbsp; visoka efikasnost uklanjanja POM, kao i ciljano uklanjanje prekursorskog materijala odabranih DBP, međutim&nbsp; tretman&nbsp; vode&nbsp; ozonom&nbsp; pri&nbsp; dozi&nbsp; od&nbsp; 1,0 mg&nbsp; O₃<br />/mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; se&nbsp; pokazao&nbsp; kao&nbsp; optimalan proces.</p> / <p>The aim of the research&nbsp; of&nbsp; this&nbsp; PhD thesis&nbsp; was&nbsp; to determine the effects of various oxidation processes based on ozone, hydrogen peroxide and UV irradiation on the content and reactivity of natural organic matter&nbsp; (NOM)&nbsp; in different water matrices. The&nbsp; tests were carried out&nbsp; on&nbsp; a)&nbsp; groundwater&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; territory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Kikinda&nbsp; and&nbsp; Temerin&nbsp; (natural&nbsp; matrix)&nbsp; and&nbsp; b) synthetic aqueous matrix (solution of commercially available humic&nbsp; acid), which differ in the composition&nbsp; and&nbsp; structure&nbsp; of&nbsp; NOM&nbsp; present&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; content&nbsp; of&nbsp; bromide.&nbsp; For&nbsp; the&nbsp; oxidation process&nbsp; (ozonation,&nbsp; UV&nbsp; photolysis,&nbsp; oxidation&nbsp; with&nbsp; H 2O2 ,&nbsp; combined&nbsp; O 3 /UV&nbsp; process&nbsp; and combined&nbsp; H 2O2 /UV&nbsp; process),&nbsp; the&nbsp; influence&nbsp; of&nbsp; different&nbsp; doses&nbsp; of&nbsp; oxidants&nbsp; and&nbsp; reaction conditions&nbsp; was&nbsp; examined&nbsp; individually.&nbsp; Particular&nbsp; attention&nbsp; was&nbsp; paid&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; influence&nbsp; of&nbsp; the above treatment on the formation of inorganic bromate, as well as the effect on the content of precursors of disinfectant by-products after chlorination (THM, HAA, HAN, HK and CP).Analysis&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; chemical&nbsp; parameters&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; synthetic&nbsp; matrix&nbsp; (5.44&plusmn;0.30&nbsp; mg&nbsp; C/L; 0.255&plusmn;0.015 cm -1 ;&nbsp; 4.68&plusmn;0.41&nbsp; lm -1 mg -1 )&nbsp; shows&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp; high-hydrophobic&nbsp; humic&nbsp; compounds predominate in this water. Also, high NOM content of predominantly hydrophobic character was recorded in Kikinda water (5.170.72 mg C/L; 0.2010.001 cm -1 ;&nbsp; 3.88&plusmn;0.70 lm -1 mg -1 ), while&nbsp; NOM&nbsp; content&nbsp; in&nbsp; raw&nbsp; water&nbsp; from&nbsp; Temerin&nbsp; (2.060.38&nbsp; mg&nbsp; C/L;&nbsp; 0.0500.001&nbsp; cm -1 ; 2.43&plusmn;0.21 lm -1 mg -1 ) significantly lower and predominate NOM of hydrophilic character. A higher degree of hydrophobicity of the synthetic matrix in comparison with&nbsp; natural matrices, resulted in higher reactivity of organic matter with chlorine, which can be concluded on&nbsp; the&nbsp; basis&nbsp; of&nbsp; high&nbsp; PFDBP&nbsp; values&nbsp; after&nbsp; chlorination.&nbsp; The&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; value&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; synthetic matrix&nbsp; was&nbsp; 544&plusmn;85.9 &micro;g/L, while the PFTHM in the raw waters from Kikinda and Temerin was&nbsp; significantly&nbsp; lower&nbsp; (279&plusmn;32.3&nbsp; and&nbsp; 180&plusmn;44.0&nbsp; &micro;g/L,&nbsp; respectively).&nbsp; The&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; value&nbsp; in the&nbsp; synthetic&nbsp; matrix&nbsp; was&nbsp; 484&plusmn;77.5&nbsp; &micro;g/L,&nbsp; while&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; Kikinda&nbsp; water&nbsp; was 223 244&plusmn;11.1 &micro;g/L&nbsp; and in&nbsp; the&nbsp; Temerin&nbsp; water&nbsp; was&nbsp; 165&plusmn;32.5 &micro;g/L.&nbsp; The content of&nbsp; precursors of HK&nbsp; (8.05&plusmn;3.63&nbsp; &micro;g/L&nbsp; synthetic&nbsp; matrix;&nbsp; 14.91.38&nbsp; &micro;g/L&nbsp; Kikinda;&nbsp; 7.400.25&nbsp; &micro;g/L&nbsp; Temerin) was&nbsp; significantly&nbsp; lower&nbsp; compared&nbsp; to&nbsp; precursors&nbsp; of&nbsp; THMs&nbsp; and&nbsp; HAAs,&nbsp; while&nbsp; precursors&nbsp; of HANs&nbsp; and&nbsp; chloropicrin&nbsp; were&nbsp; not&nbsp; detected&nbsp; in&nbsp; raw&nbsp; water.&nbsp; The&nbsp; by- products&nbsp; that&nbsp; were predominantly&nbsp; formed&nbsp; in&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; tested&nbsp; water&nbsp; matrices&nbsp; were&nbsp; chlorinated&nbsp; THMs&nbsp; and&nbsp; HAAs, while the brominated DBPs&nbsp; were&nbsp; formed at substantially lower concentrations. The presence of&nbsp; brominated DBPs&nbsp; in&nbsp; Temerine&nbsp; water&nbsp; were&nbsp; significantly higher compared to Kikinda water as&nbsp; a&nbsp; result&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; presence&nbsp; of&nbsp; higher&nbsp; bromide&nbsp; content&nbsp; in&nbsp; raw&nbsp; water&nbsp; (0.05&plusmn;0.01&nbsp; mg&nbsp; Br -/L Temerin; 0.03&plusmn;0.01 mg Br -/L Kikinda). By&nbsp; examining&nbsp; the&nbsp; influence&nbsp; of&nbsp; oxidation&nbsp; processes&nbsp; (UV&nbsp; photolysis,&nbsp; ozonation,hydrogen&nbsp; peroxide&nbsp; oxidation)&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; content&nbsp; and&nbsp; reactivity&nbsp; of&nbsp; NOM&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; tested&nbsp; water matrix, it was&nbsp; found that the UV&nbsp; irradiation and&nbsp; treatment by&nbsp; hydrogen peroxide, when used as an independent treatment, did&nbsp; not show significant efficacy in reducing the&nbsp; NOM content. Water treatment by ozone&nbsp; proved to be very effective in eliminating&nbsp; NOM and reducing the content of DBP precursors in all tested water&nbsp; matrices, as a result of the reduction of&nbsp; NOM reactivity &nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; formation&nbsp; of&nbsp; these&nbsp; DBPs.&nbsp; Reduction&nbsp; of&nbsp; NOM&nbsp; content&nbsp; in&nbsp; water&nbsp; during treatment increased&nbsp; with increasing the applied dose of ozone, with the best results achieved at the highest dosage of&nbsp; 3.0 mg O 3/mg DOC&nbsp; (up to 32% DOC, 92% UV 254&nbsp; synthetic matrix, up&nbsp; to&nbsp; 17%&nbsp; DOC,&nbsp; 76%&nbsp; UV 254 Kikinda,&nbsp; up&nbsp; to&nbsp; 15%&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; and&nbsp; 66%&nbsp; UV254 Temerin).&nbsp; In&nbsp; the synthetic&nbsp; matrix the highest reduction&nbsp; in&nbsp; PFTHM (76%) and PFHAA (by 80%)&nbsp; compared to raw water content&nbsp; was&nbsp; achieved at a dosage&nbsp; of 1.0 mg O 3/mg DOC. The highest reduction in PFTHM&nbsp; (38%)&nbsp; and&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; (42%)&nbsp; in&nbsp; Kikinda&nbsp; water&nbsp; was&nbsp; achieved&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of 3.0 mg O3 /mg DOC. In Temerin water, the highest reduction in PFTHM (27%) was at a dose of&nbsp; 3.0 mg O 3/mg DOC, while the dose of 1.0&nbsp; mg O3 /mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; was best shown for removing PFHAA (by 54%). The content of the precursors of HKs and HANs (Temerin water) was very low&nbsp; after&nbsp; treatment.&nbsp; Water&nbsp; treatment&nbsp; by&nbsp; ozone&nbsp; led&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; formation&nbsp; of&nbsp; DBPs&nbsp; with&nbsp; more substituted bromine atoms, while in waters with a mean bromide content (50 &mu;g Br -/L) led&nbsp; to bromate formation.Combination of ozonation with UV irradiation can greatly accelerate the effectiveness of&nbsp; NOM&nbsp; removal&nbsp; achieved&nbsp; by&nbsp; the&nbsp; use&nbsp; of&nbsp; ozonation&nbsp; alone.&nbsp; The&nbsp; highest&nbsp; reduction&nbsp; in&nbsp; NOM content in the synthetic matrix (by 85% DOC, 98% UV 254 and 87% SUVA), in Kikinda water (by 23%&nbsp; DOC, 83% UV 254 , 77% SUVA) and water from Temerin (by 15% DOC, 80% UV 254 and 75% SUVA), compared to the values in&nbsp; raw&nbsp; water, was achieved at the highest&nbsp; dose of 3.0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; O 3 /mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; and&nbsp; 6000&nbsp; mJ/cm 2 .&nbsp; The&nbsp; efficiency&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; process&nbsp; was&nbsp; growing&nbsp; in&nbsp; the waters where NOM predominates of hydrophobicity. Although the O 3 /UV process achieved a high&nbsp; degree&nbsp; of&nbsp; reduction&nbsp; in&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; synthetic&nbsp; matrix&nbsp; the&nbsp; ozonation (1.0 mg O3 /mg DOC)&nbsp; was&nbsp; proved&nbsp; as&nbsp; more&nbsp; efficient,&nbsp; while&nbsp; the&nbsp; highest&nbsp; reduction&nbsp; in&nbsp; PFHAA (82%)&nbsp; was&nbsp; achieved&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; ozone&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of&nbsp; 1.0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; O 3/mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; and&nbsp; UV&nbsp; irradiation&nbsp; of 6000 mJ/cm 2 . In the water from Temerin,&nbsp; in case to removal of precursors of THM and HAA, ozonation&nbsp; was proved&nbsp; to be an optimal process. High alkalinity of natural waters&nbsp; inhibits the radical &nbsp; mechanism&nbsp; during&nbsp; AOP&nbsp; and&nbsp; favors&nbsp; NOM&nbsp; oxidation&nbsp; with&nbsp; molecular&nbsp; ozone.&nbsp; HKs precursors were formed at very low concentrations and their content did not vary significantly during&nbsp; the&nbsp; treatment.&nbsp; In&nbsp; natural&nbsp; matrices&nbsp; during&nbsp; the&nbsp; AOP&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; ozone&nbsp;&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of 3.0 mg O3 /mgDOC, HANs&nbsp; were&nbsp; formed, however, there&nbsp; was&nbsp; no clear trend with increasing UV irradiation. The treatment contributed to the formation of brominated THM species, while during&nbsp; the&nbsp; AOPs,&nbsp; brominated&nbsp; HANs&nbsp; were&nbsp; formed&nbsp; at&nbsp; the&nbsp; maximum&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of&nbsp; ozone&nbsp; of 3.0 mg O3/mg DOC. 224 The largest decrease in&nbsp; NOM content by the combination of oxidation with H2O2 and UV irradiation in the synthetic matrix (for up to 17% DOC, 70% UV 254 ), in Kikinda water (up to 22% DOC, 53% UV 254), and water from Temerin&nbsp; (7% DOC, 68% UV 254 ), compared&nbsp; to the values&nbsp; in&nbsp; raw&nbsp; water,&nbsp; were&nbsp; obtained&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of&nbsp; H 2O2 and&nbsp; UV&nbsp; irradiation&nbsp; of 3.0 mg O3 /mg DOC&nbsp; and 6000 mJ/cm 2 . The highest PFTHM reduction of 54% in the&nbsp; synthetic matrix was achieved at a dosage of 1.0 mg H2O2/mg DOC and 6000 mJ/cm 2 , while a decrease in&nbsp; PFHAA&nbsp; (35%)&nbsp; was&nbsp; achieved&nbsp; using&nbsp; a&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of&nbsp; hydrogen&nbsp; peroxide&nbsp; and&nbsp; UV&nbsp; irradiation&nbsp; of 1.0 mg H2O2/mg DOC and 3000 mJ/cm 2 . In the water from Kikinda, the H2O2 /UV process did not significantly affect on the THM precursors content, while the highest reduction in PFHAA (35%)&nbsp; was&nbsp; achieved&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of&nbsp; 3.0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; H2O2/mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; and&nbsp; 600&nbsp; mJ/cm 2 .&nbsp; The&nbsp; H 2O2 /UV process&nbsp; led&nbsp; to&nbsp; a&nbsp; decrease&nbsp; in&nbsp; PFTHM&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; Temerin&nbsp; water&nbsp; by&nbsp; 74%&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of 3.0 mg&nbsp; 2O2 /mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; and&nbsp; 600&nbsp; mJ/cm 2 ,&nbsp; whereas&nbsp; the&nbsp; treatment&nbsp; applied&nbsp; had&nbsp; no&nbsp; significant effect on PFHAA. HKs precursors were detected in synthetic matrix and the Temerin water at low&nbsp; concentrations.&nbsp; In&nbsp; the&nbsp; water&nbsp; after&nbsp; the&nbsp; AOP&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of&nbsp; 3.0&nbsp; mg&nbsp; H 2O2 /mg&nbsp; DOC&nbsp; of hydrogen&nbsp; peroxide,&nbsp; HANs&nbsp; and&nbsp; chloropicrin&nbsp; were&nbsp; formed.&nbsp; The&nbsp; applied&nbsp; treatment&nbsp; led&nbsp; to&nbsp; the formation of brominated DBPs.<br />All the results obtained during the research indicate the necessity of optimization&nbsp; the process&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; treatment&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; examined&nbsp; water&nbsp; matrices&nbsp; and&nbsp; determination&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; optimal process taking into account the characteristics of&nbsp; raw water and the efficiency to be achieved. By combining two or more conventional treatments and optimizing the reaction conditions, high&nbsp; NOM removal efficiency can be achieved, as well as removal of the&nbsp; targeted&nbsp; precursor material&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; selected&nbsp; DBPs,&nbsp; but&nbsp; the&nbsp; treatment&nbsp; of&nbsp; ozone&nbsp; water&nbsp; at&nbsp; a&nbsp; dose&nbsp; of 1.0 mg O3 /mg DOC was proved to be an optimal process.</p>